MISHA KAVKA teaches in the Department of Film, Television and Media Studies at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. She is the co-editor of two books, Feminist Consequences (2001) and Gothic NZ: The Darker Side of Kiwi Culture (2006), and has published numerous articles on reality television, gothic film and feminist theory.

• List of Illustrations Preface Technologies of Intimacy Media and Affect: The Matter of Feeling The Mediation of the Public Sphere Intimate Strangers: Big Brother and the Everyday Real-Love TV: Romantic Epistemologies The Public Sphere Queered Epilogue: Everyday Noise Notes Bibliography Index

MISHA KAVKA teaches in the Department of Film, Television and Media Studies at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. She is the co-editor of two books, Feminist Consequences (2001) and Gothic NZ: The Darker Side of Kiwi Culture (2006), and has published numerous articles on reality television, gothic film and feminist theory.

• List of Illustrations Preface Technologies of Intimacy Media and Affect: The Matter of Feeling The Mediation of the Public Sphere Intimate Strangers: Big Brother and the Everyday Real-Love TV: Romantic Epistemologies The Public Sphere Queered Epilogue: Everyday Noise Notes Bibliography Index

MISHA KAVKA teaches in the Department of Film, Television and Media Studies at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. She is the co-editor of two books, Feminist Consequences (2001) and Gothic NZ: The Darker Side of Kiwi Culture (2006), and has published numerous articles on reality television, gothic film and feminist theory.

• List of Illustrations Preface Technologies of Intimacy Media and Affect: The Matter of Feeling The Mediation of the Public Sphere Intimate Strangers: Big Brother and the Everyday Real-Love TV: Romantic Epistemologies The Public Sphere Queered Epilogue: Everyday Noise Notes Bibliography Index